On Wed 20 Aug 2003 23:05, Manoj Joseph posted as excerpted below: > But transferring files is not the only use. A Windows user usually has > Windows only application that continue to be used even after switching > to dual-boot. > > Those applications don't get thrown out - at least for a while... > Getting those applications to access the ext2 partitions is *useful*.
The reverse of that could work about as well, especially with the remount possibilities of newer kernels and mount, or symlink possibilities, for that matter. IOW, set up the FAT partition, creating "subfolders" as appropriate for the various points in the Linux fs tree you wish to share. Then remount the FAT partition at the appropriate places or point symlinks from the appropriate places as necessary under Linux, and VWALLA! you have files transparently accessible from Linux at their usual tree locations, AND accessible from MSWormOS. .. For a decade I labored under MSWormOS without the magic of symlinks. The first five years, I didn't know what I was missing. The next three, I could conceptualize it but didn't really understand the implications. The last two, I had discovered a utility that made it more or less possible -- at least for "folders". Then I upgraded to Linux just under two years ago, and I'm STILL appreciating the amazing abilities of symlinks, tho I know they don't /always/ work /quite/ like the actual files would. IMO, many/most *ix users don't realize just how flexible they can be. as they offer solutions time and again for my weird partitioning and location dilemmas. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
